The term comes from the book and movies of the same name... The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon The Manchurian Candidate (1962) The Manchurian Candidate (2004) The premise of the story involves military members brainwashed to assist in th... This page may be out of date.
The Kitchen Brigade Positions The basic hierarchy of the classical kitchen brigade system is as follows: Chef de Cusine - the head honcho, or executive chef, in charge of the entire kitchen (basically the general)
The kitchens, and the dishes served, were characterized by excess, disorganization, inefficiency, and even chaos. Influenced by his experience in the French army, while at the Savoy, Escoffier organized the kitchen brigade system of organization, known as the chef de partie system.